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Abstract:
Located between Aberdeen and Raeford in Hoke County, the North Carolina Sanatorium was the center for the state's anti-tuberculosis campaign. The sanatorium opened in 1908 and was the first institution in the state for the treatment of tuberculosis patients. Gibson recounts the history and success of the institution.
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Although 17 of North Carolina's 100 counties now provide beds for tuberculosis patients in county sanatoria and county homes, the problem of providing adequate care for the thousands of tuberculosis sufferers who cannot be accommodated at state-supported institutions, and who are unable because of expense, to enter the private sanatoria in the state.